NWEA technical appendix documenting sample and methods for the 2022-23 pandemic recovery brief¶

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 2 studies (2 associational), q1–q2 · 0 of 2 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description¶

A technical appendix published by NWEA Research in December 2022, authored by Megan Kuhfeld and Karyn Lewis, accompanying the research brief on pandemic recovery. Its stated purpose is to "share more detailed results and to describe more fully the sample and methods used in the research included in the brief" on rebounding achievement. It serves as the methodological documentation for the brief's analyses of summer learning and start-of-year scores.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• It accompanies and documents the research brief on progress towards pandemic recovery at the start of the 2022-23 school year

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students in US schools assessed with MAP Growth

Target Learning Goals¶

• Mathematics achievement
• Reading achievement

Claims¶

• The 2022-23 school year showed stalled progress toward pandemic recovery in student achievement [+W]
• The study tracked the achievement gap between COVID-year student cohorts and their pre-pandemic peers [+W]
• The brief compared pandemic achievement gains to pre-pandemic trends for students low- or high-achieving at the pandemic's start [+W]

Related Elements¶

• Technical appendix document detailing sample and methods for the Learning during COVID-19 achievement brief
• Technical appendix document detailing sample and methods for the Student achievement in 2021-22 brief
• Technical appendix documenting sample and methods for the 2021-22 COVID learning-recovery study
• NWEA technical appendix on 2022-23 achievement data and pandemic recovery methods
• Research brief on progress towards pandemic recovery at the start of the 2022-23 school year
• Sharing Study Data: A Guide for Education Researchers (NCEE 2022-004)

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Megan Kuhfeld, Karyn Lewis. (2022). Technical appendix for progress towards pandemic recovery: Continued signs of rebounding achievement at the start of the 2022-2023 school year. NWEA Research. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/technical-appendix-for-progress-towards-pandemic-recovery-continued-signs-of-rebounding-achievement-at-the-start-of-the-2022-2023-school-year/